That is how husbands ought to love their wives--as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;

And so to enhance that glorious manifestation of his loving- kindness which he gave us in The Beloved;

All this accords with the loving-kindness which God lavished upon us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,

Even though we were 'dead' because of our offenses, gave Life to us in giving Life to the Christ. (By God's loving-kindness you have been saved.)

In order that, by his goodness to us in Christ Jesus, he might display in the ages to come the boundless wealth of his loving- kindness.

For it is by God's loving-kindness that you have been saved, through your faith. It is not due to yourselves; the gift is God's.